Check and bill file



(No Model.)

0.15. LOMB 81; M. R. JEWELL. CHECK AND BILL FILE.

No. 474,601. Patented May 10, 1892.

UNITED STATES ATnNT Orrrce.

CARL F. LOMB AND MAJOR ROMEYN JEVVELL, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORSTO THE OFFICE SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF

NEW YORK.

CHECK AND BILL FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,501, dated May 10,1892.

Application filed April 22, 1891,

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CARL F. LOMB and MAJOR ROMEYN J EWELL, ofRochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have inventedcertain Improvements in Check and Bill Files, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to a filing-case intended more particularly forthe use of banks for filing checks, notes, and other similarinstruments, which require to be classified and arranged for convenientreference.

It consists, essentially, in atray or receptacle provided with a seriesof independentlymovable partitions between which to place the checks,these partitions being mounted in such manner as to prevent them frombecoming detached or falling down, and combined with means by which. theentire contents of the box may be subjected to compression.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of our filein its preferred form. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal central section of thesame on the line 2 2. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the same on the line 33. Fig. 4 is a view of a modification.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a flat tray or receptacle,consisting of a fiat base 0., having a fixed end wall a and the parallelside walls of, each of the latter formed with a horizontal shoulder ornotch a? along its inner face midway of its height, or thereabout.

B B 13 represent a series of loose partitions or division-boards mountedin an upright position within the tray, their ends being formed withshoulders I) to bear upon the side shoulders a of the tray to maintainthem in an erect position and permit them to tip at a suitable angle forthe examination of papers when the compressor is retracted, as morefully described hereinafter.

D represents a longitudinal guide bar or rail fixed in a central groovein thebed.

Each of the division-boards-B is provided, as shown in Fig. 3, with awire E, passed through and fixed in the body of the sheet and turnedinward at the lower ends, so as to engage beneath the edges of theguide-rail. These connections permit the division-sheets Serial No.389,885- (No model.)

to be moved lengthwise within the tray and to be tipped to a limitedextent to either side in order to permit convenient examination of thechecks laid between them, but prevents the sheets from beingaccidentally misplaced or detached.

C represents a follower-plate or pressure device mounted in the outer oropen end of the tray and fixed to a plate 0, having lips which engagebeneath the edges of the guiderail, so that the follower may slideforward and backward and tip to a limited extent. A lever o is connectedto the plate 0 by a horizontal pivot 0 WVhen this lever is tippedbackward, as shown in Fig. 2, the followerboard is left free toslide andtip; but upon carrying the follower forcibly forward, so as to compressthe contents of the box, and then erecting the lever it will act tosustain the follower firmly in position. This locking device is notclaimed as of our invention, being the subject of Letters Patent to J.C. Lang.

The divisionsheets B may be connected to the longitudinal guide by anydevice the equivalent of the wire E. In Fig. 4 we have shown a similarconnection composed of two wires. If preferred, the sheets may beformed, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, with downwardly-projectingears Z7 to engage longitudinal wires 6 fixed in grooves in thebaseboard.

In place of the side shoulders in the box to sustain the division-sheetsany equivalent supports along the sidesjmay be usedas, for example, thetwo rods shown in Fig. 4.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. In a file forgrouped or classified sheets, the combination of a tray or receptacle,alongitudinal guide secured to the tray, a series of independentdivision-plates, each provided with a fastening device engaging beneaththe guide, a follower, and a locking device for the latter arranged toengage the guide, substantially as described.

2. In a-file, the combination of a tray or receptacle, a longitudinalguide-rail attached thereto, a series of independent divisionplates, thewires E, secured to said plates and having their two ends engagingloosely beneath the elevated edges of the guide-plate, a follower, andthe locking device for the same.

3. In a file, a tray provided with the side Walls having longitudinalshoulders, in combination with a longitudinal guide fixed in the draw,the series of independent divisionsheets, each engaging the guide toprevent disconnection, and each sustained in an upright position by theshoulders of the tray,

the follower or pressure device also connected to the guide, and theclamp or locking device. In testimony whereof we hereunto set our hands,this 2d day of May, 1890, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

CARL F. LOMB. MAJOR ROMEYN JEWELL. Witnesses:

A. BUEDINGER, MAUD E. FIsK.

